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Biographical entry Lamb, Horace (1849 - 1934)

FRS

Born

27 November 1849Stockport, Cheshire, England

Died

4 December 1934Cambridge, England

Occupation

Mathematician

Summary

(Sir) Horace Lamb was the founding Professor of Mathematics, University of Adelaide 1876-85 after which he became Professor at Owen's College Manchester 1885-1920. His treatise on the motion of fluids was highly regarded and ran into many editions.